{"operation":"document","citation":"P-76-101","title":"NTSB Safety Recommendation P-76-101","source_type":"guidance","agency":"National Transportation Safety Board","status":"guidance","official":true,"published_on":"1977-01-17","effective_on":"1977-01-17","summary":"MONITOR THE COMPLIANCE ACTIONS TAKEN BY MAINE UTILITY GAS COMPANY TO INSURE THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS AS REQUIRED BY 49 CFR 192.","machine_formats":{"json":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-101.json","markdown":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-101.md"},"app_url":"https://regulus.evalyn.ai/document/ntsb-recommendation-p-76-101","source_url":"https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/sr-details/P-76-101","body":"NTSB safety recommendation P-76-101.\n\nMONITOR THE COMPLIANCE ACTIONS TAKEN BY MAINE UTILITY GAS COMPANY TO INSURE THAT IT HAS ESTABLISHED OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS AS REQUIRED BY 49 CFR 192.\n\nPriority: CLASS II\n\nOverall Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nIssued Date: 1977-01-17\n\nAdopted Date: 1976-12-17\n\nOverall Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nSynopsis: ON AUGUST 13, 1976, A FLASH FIRE IN THE BASEMENT OF A HOUSE AT 243 UNION STREET IN BANGOR, MAINE, KILLED ONE G GAS COMPANY EMPLOYEE, BURNED TWO OTHER EMPLOYEES, AND CAUSED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE HOUSE.\n\nNtsbnumber: PLD77XR001\n\nReport Number: None\n\nAddressee Name: State of Maine, Public Utilities Commission\n\nAddressee Status: Closed--No Longer Applicable\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: MPUC\n\nAddressee Organization Type: S-State Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-04-20\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MTB LTR OF 4/22/77 - ON OCTOBER 19, 1976, THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU (MTB) PERSONNEL MET WITH THE MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (PUC) AND WITH THE MAINE UTILITY GAS COMPANY (UGC). DETAILS OF THE BANGOR FAILURE WERE DISCUSSED AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR 49 CFR PART 192. CLARIFICATION OF THOSE NONCOMPLIANCE ITEMS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MTB WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE MAINE PUC TO INSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCE ACTION IS TAKEN AND THAT MAINE UGC WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND IMPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS. LTR FROM MAINE UTILITIES DATED 4/20/77 - ON APRIL 19, 1977, THE MAINE PUC ISSUED AN ORDER TO MAINE UGC WHICH WILL BRING THE COMPANY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH 49 CFR 192.\n\nAddressee Name: RSPA\n\nAddressee Status: Closed - Acceptable Action\n\nAddressee Date Closed: 1977-07-29\n\nAddressee Acronym: RSPA\n\nAddressee Organization Type: G-Federal Government\n\nCommunication Date: 1977-04-22\n\nCommunication Type: Official Correspondence\n\nCommunication Contents: MTB LTR OF 4/22/77 - ON OCTOBER 19, 1976, THE MATERIALS TRANSPORTATION BUREAU (MTB) PERSONNEL MET WITH THE MAINE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION (PUC) AND WITH THE MAINE UTILITY GAS COMPANY (UGC). DETAILS OF THE BANGOR FAILURE WERE DISCUSSED AND CERTAIN SECTIONS OF THE FEDERAL REGULATIONS FOR 49 CFR PART 192. CLARIFICATION OF THOSE NONCOMPLIANCE ITEMS IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. MTB WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE MAINE PUC TO INSURE THAT THE APPROPRIATE COMPLIANCE ACTION IS TAKEN AND THAT MAINE UGC WILL BE REQUIRED TO MAINTAIN AND IMPLEMENT THE APPROPRIATE OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE RECORDS. LTR FROM MAINE UTILITIES DATED 4/20/77 - ON APRIL 19, 1977, THE MAINE PUC ISSUED AN ORDER TO MAINE UGC WHICH WILL BRING THE COMPANY INTO COMPLIANCE WITH 49 CFR 192.","truncated":false,"body_characters":2723}